Improvement in door-fasteners



UNITED STATES JAMES A. MORRIS, OF GREENBUSH, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN DOOR-FASTENERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Iatent No. 116,621, dated July 4,1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES A. MORRIS, of Greenbush, in the countyotlztensselaer and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Door-Fastener; and I do hereby declare that thefollowingl is a full, clear, and ex act description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art to inake and use the saine, reterencebeing had to the acconipanyingg,l drawing forming' part of thisspeciiication.

The object ot this invention is to provide siluple and eilicient nleansfor fastening` doors on the inside, and which shall be a safeguard totravelers and others in rooms where locks are lacking` or out ot' order5 and consists in a jointed plate with spurs for entering, thedooieasing, and with a head and thumb-screw `for securing the door, thewhole constructed and arranged to operate as herehlaiter described.

In the acconlpailyingl dra-wing, Figure 1 represents a front view oli' adoor and :asin with 1n v improved fastener' applied. Fig. 2 is ahorizontal section ot' Fi l. taken on the line .1U

Similarletters ofreterence indicate coirespondii 1g parts.

A is the door 5 B, the fastener; l, the fusing' ofthe door. The lasteneris niade in two parts connected by a hin ge or joint, I). E is the partwhich is placed between the door and the c: sin g, and is provided withspurs F which penetrate the casingl when the door is closed, as seen inFig. 2. Gr is a shoulder, which acts as a stop when the fastener isapplied. The part E extends out from the door and casing, and has aslot, H, near the hinge I). 1 is the other part ot' the fastener, whichis turned against the door when the latter has been closed, as seen inFig. 2. J is a thumb-screw in the part I, the thumbpiece K of whichpasses through the slot II a-nd is turned, when through the slot, like abutton on the plate E, as indicated in'the drawing. As seen in Fig. 2,the door is fastened. rlhe head L is bearing against it, and the plateEis secured to the casing by the spurs F and held there by the dooritself. Should the crack between the door and the casing,r be too wide awedge is used, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2.

lhere locks are lacking` or defective, this article (which may becarried in the pocket) is a perfect sal'eguard, and especially valuablefor travelers under all circumstances, as ordinary locks are, at best,but a poor protection to the lodg'er.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- A door-fastening', forlned of two pieces, E I,clamped by a screw, J, hinged at I), slotted at H, and havingl spurs F,shoulder G, and head L thereon, when applied to a door and its casing,as specified.

JAMES A. MORRIS. Witnesses DAVID M. CALLENDEE, WM. SMiTn.

